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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120068850 | STORAGE DEVICE According to embodiments, a storage device, which has a wireless communication processing part providing a wireless communication function and a memory, includes an acceleration sensor, a buzzer, and a control part which detects a user's operation based on acceleration ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050057 | Circuit board integrated motion sensor A motion sensor capable of detecting the direction of motion in three dimensions is disclosed. The motion sensor can be built into a printed circuit board allowing for simple and cost effective manufacturing. The motions sensor is designed to utilize a through hole in a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120007745 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF A DEVICE DROP A method and handheld electronic device for detecting and providing notification of a device drop are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for providing notification of a device drop on an electronic device having a processor coupled t... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110305369 | PORTABLE WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE MOTION CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD Portable wireless mobile device motion capture and analysis system and method configured to display motion capture/analysis data on a mobile device. System obtains data from motion capture elements and analyzes the data. Enables unique displays associated with the user,... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291849 | Self-illuminating handle for a vehicle emergency egress assembly A self-illuminating handle assembly for a release mechanism of an emergency egress system for a vehicle. The handle assembly includes a sensor for sensing a predetermined condition and providing a sensor signal in response thereto, and a sensor-activated switch assembly... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279261 | EVENT WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF An event warning system is provided. The innovation can provide real time, personalized and meaningful alert warnings to either or both a machine operator/driver and pedestrians who are in harm's way, or are potentially approaching harm's way. Different from generic war... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110215940 | Free fall detection system for protecting hard drives in mobile devices In a method for detecting free fall, a first acceleration parallel to a first axis, a second acceleration parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third acceleration parallel to a third axis perpendicular to the first axis and to the second axis ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110205164 | METHOD OF CHANGING THE STATE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A method changes the state of an electronic device to a second state from a first state, where the electronic device includes an input portion for interaction with an object. The method includes the steps of: monitoring at least one sensor having a detection range at le... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110187517 | Safety Warning Light A method of providing a safety warning light for a traveler over a period of months of intermittent travel, that makes use of a battery operated lighting apparatus that provides light when motion and darkness are detected and that when still or in daylight uses, on aver... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187546 | System and Method for Safing and Monitoring a Plurality of Vehicle Sensors A system and method for safing vehicle sensors includes two safety systems, each with a primary sensor for monitoring vehicle motion and activating its corresponding safety system in response to certain vehicle motions. Each sensor may act as a safing sensor for the oth... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110170005 | AUTOMATIC SWITCHING BETWEEN SIMULCAST VIDEO SIGNALS IN A MOBILE MEDIA DEVICE A mobile media device may preemptively switch from a terrestrial video signal of a simulcast to a mobile video signal of the same simulcast upon detecting displacement motion. In one example, an apparatus includes a display configured to display video data, and a signal... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110148623 | TRANSIT STOP DETECTION Techniques are described that may be implemented in a portable electronic device to provide automatic detection of transit stops made by mass transit system vehicle in which a user of the device is a passenger. In an implementation, the portable electronic device includ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110068944 | MOTION SENSING REMOTE MICROPHONE An apparatus and method comprising of a remote microphone attached to a portable radio such as those carried by Firefighters and other First Responders and equipped with automatic motion sensing and Emergency Alert capabilities which becomes activated when such Firefigh... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063121 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON POSITIONING OF A MOVEABLE COUPLING OF A MARINE FLUID LOADING SYSTEM A device (1) for providing information on positioning of at least one moveable coupling (26) of a marine loading system (2), the system comprising at least one fluid transfer line having a line end fixed to a base (21), and a moveable line en... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110045795 | PORTABLE RADIO WITH AUTOMATIC MOTION SENSING AND EMERGENCY ALERT FACILITY An apparatus and method comprising of a portable radio such as those carried by Firefighters and other First Responders and equipped with automatic motion sensing and Emergency Alert capabilities incorporated within the body of said portable radio which becomes activate... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110037585 | MULTI-PURPOSE ATTACHABLE ALARM A multi-purpose alarm operates in a motion-detected alarm mode and a motion-expected alarm mode. In the motion-detected alarm mode, when the multi-purpose alarm is touched or moved, an alarm is issued. In the motion-expected alarm mode, when the multi-purpose alarm has ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037588 | WIRELESS EARTHQUAKE ALARM BASED ON MEMS ACCELEROMETERS The disclosure relates to detecting seismic movements and providing at least one alarm notification based on the detected seismic movement. Particularly, a sensor device, which may be positioned in a subterranean part of a structure, may detect a seismic movement. The s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110012742 | MOTION OR OPENING DETECTOR An activity monitor which can be pre-programmed at the factory, the doctors office or the pharmacist, or that can be programmed by the user. The activity monitor is affixed to a medicine bottle or container and activity associated with the bottle or container, such as m... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100321572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE STABILIZATION A system includes a first accelerometer and a second accelerometer that are coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to receive input from the accelerometers, calculate a displacement of the first accelerometer and a displacement of the second accelerometer, ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321194 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH ACTIVE POSTURE CONTROL FUNCTION An electronic apparatus with an active posture control function includes a body assembly, an accelerometer, a driving device and a controller. The body assembly includes a first body and a second body pivotally connected to the first body. The accelerometer mounted on t... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100288468 | Motion Detecting Device, Method of Providing the Same, and Method of Detecting Movement In some embodiments, a motion detecting device is configured to detect whether one or more movement events have occurred. The motion detecting device can include: (a) a processing module configured to run on a computational unit; and (b) a sensing device having: (1) one... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100265081 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device with an alert system is disclosed. The electronic device includes a global positioning system (GPS) module and a central processing unit (CPU). The GPS module is capable of determining two velocities on two locations. The CPU is capable of computing... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100251453 | Garment with Light Signal Indicating System A garment with light signal indicating system is disclosed. The garment comprises a body portion, a plurality of light-emitting assemblies, a battery assembly, a circuit control device and at least one motion sensor, wherein the circuit control device includes a microco... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245105 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM EVALUATOR An evaluating apparatus arranged to evaluate an item-transport system having a flow path. The apparatus includes one or more position markers adjacent the path and an evaluating device for sensing the markers and conditions of the transport system. The evaluating device... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100231401 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING PASSENGER PROTECTION DEVICES A method and a control device for triggering passenger protection devices are provided, the passenger protection devices being triggered as a function of a first acceleration signal and/or a driving dynamics signal. The acceleration signal is corrected by an offset by a... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100207774 | Controllably Rotatable Camera in Handheld Electronic Device In a handheld electronic device, a motor is controlled to adjust, according to input received at a user-input element of the device, an angle of rotation of a camera module about a rotation axis of the camera module. The camera module is partially embedded in a housing ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100194577 | COMPOSITE SENSOR FOR DETECTING ANGULAR VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION A composite sensor for detecting angular velocity and acceleration includes an angular velocity detecting element, an acceleration detecting element, an angular velocity signal processing IC, an acceleration signal processing IC, and a housing. The housing is formed of ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100188243 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF A DEVICE DROP A method and handheld electronic device for detecting and providing notification of a device drop are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for detecting and providing notification of a device drop on an electronic device, comprising: m... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182158 | WAVELET BASED HARD DISK ANALYSIS Monitoring systems with predictive failure analysis technology (e.g., Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T)) operate on the basis of correlations between the hard disk's mechanical and electronic characteristics. Using wavelet transforms to analy... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100171628 | Motion Classification Device The present invention relates to a motion classification device 14 comprising sensor means 141 for monitoring movements of a targeted object, said sensor means 141 being operable to output motion signals based on said monitored movements, a processi... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100152621 | PROCESSING SENSED ACCELEROMETER DATA FOR DETERMINATION OF BONE HEALING A system (800) for processing accelerometer data is disclosed. The system (800) includes an accelerometer (806), a first processor (810), a power supply (816), and a second processor (804). The accelerometer (806) measure... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141425 | DEVICE SECURITY SYSTEM One embodiment involves a usage code system comprising an electrical device powered by a battery only if the battery contains a characteristic usage code. Another embodiment involves a presence confirmation device that repeatedly sends wireless query signals. The electr... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100109894 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD TO PREVENT FALLING OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device and method to prevent falling of the electronic device include setting one or more alarm means, detecting an acceleration and a moving direction of the electronic device using the three-axis accelerometer, and detecting that the electronic device is... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100085203 | Method and System for Waking Up a Device Due to Motion A method comprises determining an idle sample value for a dominant axis of a device in an idle state. The method further comprises registering a motion of the device, and evaluating the motion. The method further comprises waking up the device when the analysis of the m... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100079442 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF, STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF A method for displaying a video, a mobile electronic device thereof and a storage medium thereof. In the present method, first, the video is displayed on a screen of the mobile electronic device. Then, an acceleration variance of the mobile electronic device is detected... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100079508 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH GAZE DETECTION CAPABILITIES An electronic device may have gaze detection capabilities that allow the device to detect when a user is looking at the device. The electronic device may implement a power management scheme using the results of gaze detection operations. When the device detects that the... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100076902 | CARGO TRACKING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD A system for tracking a location of at least one item is described. The system includes a tag associated with the at least one item during a shipping journey. The tag detects shipping information, including temperature, humidity, shock, etc. The tag sends the shipping i... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100039280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS ASSET TRACKING USING ASSET TAGS WITH MOTION SENSORS A system includes an asset tag associated with an asset, the asset tag having a motion sensor to detect a movement of the asset. The system also includes a plurality of readers, each reader receiving one or more signals from the asset tag and measuring a distance betwee... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100032332 | Portable Security Container with Tilt and Movement Detection System A device and method for protecting personal property. The device includes a tilt and movement detection system utilizing acceleration due to gravity and an alarm adapted to signal when the device has tilted or moved beyond a predetermined position from a reference point... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100029242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE The disclosure provides a circuit and method for activating an electronic device from a low power state. The activation circuit comprises: a first accelerometer located in the device to detect a movement of the device along a specific axis; a second accelerometer which ... | 02/04/2010 |
